Chapter 1: Surgical Technology: The
Profession and The Professional
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Acknowledgement
by a private agency that a person has achieved a stated
level of knowledge and skill. Certification is usually
established by graduation from an accredited institution
and passing a written examination.
Allied health professionals contribute to the well-being
and health of the patient through? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔technical expertise and patient care in line with the
standards, guidelines, and ethics of their profession.
The need for other types of surgical assistants became
critical during? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔World War II
Army Corpsmen worked on the battlefield to offer aid and
comfort to the wounded, but they had no role in surgery
during? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔World War I
When nurses were not available, such as on combat
ships, corpsman worked under the direct supervision of
the surgeons. The Army referred to the corpsman as? -
, CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Operating Room Technicians
(ORT's)
After WWII, the _____________ _______ caused a continued
shortage of highly trained nurses, who were needed in
many other areas of combat medicine. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Korean War
During the Korean War, Operating room Supervisors
began to recruit former corpsmen to do what? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔work in civilian surgery
Registered nurses continued to fill the role of
_____________________ until about 1965. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔instrument nurse
Around 1965, the "instrument nurse" role changed to
what? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔circulating or non-sterile
nurse
Around 1965, hospitals began training for the role of
what? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Civilian ORT's (Operating
Room Technicians)
Profession and The Professional
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Acknowledgement
by a private agency that a person has achieved a stated
level of knowledge and skill. Certification is usually
established by graduation from an accredited institution
and passing a written examination.
Allied health professionals contribute to the well-being
and health of the patient through? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔technical expertise and patient care in line with the
standards, guidelines, and ethics of their profession.
The need for other types of surgical assistants became
critical during? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔World War II
Army Corpsmen worked on the battlefield to offer aid and
comfort to the wounded, but they had no role in surgery
during? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔World War I
When nurses were not available, such as on combat
ships, corpsman worked under the direct supervision of
the surgeons. The Army referred to the corpsman as? -
, CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Operating Room Technicians
(ORT's)
After WWII, the _____________ _______ caused a continued
shortage of highly trained nurses, who were needed in
many other areas of combat medicine. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Korean War
During the Korean War, Operating room Supervisors
began to recruit former corpsmen to do what? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔work in civilian surgery
Registered nurses continued to fill the role of
_____________________ until about 1965. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔instrument nurse
Around 1965, the "instrument nurse" role changed to
what? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔circulating or non-sterile
nurse
Around 1965, hospitals began training for the role of
what? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Civilian ORT's (Operating
Room Technicians)
